This was stated by Chairman of the Russian Oscar Committee Vladimir Menshov.
“The movie Dylda was chosen,” he told TASS.
In May, Balagov was awarded the prize for the movie “Yield” as part of the Cannes program “Special Look”.
“Dylda” tells the story of the life of two young girls who return from the front to post-war Leningrad in late 1945.
Starring Victoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygin and Ksenia Kutepova.